(Cyprus), Nicosia is in Europe not Asia.

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Paul Eggert said:
> Cyprus is
> clearly in Asia, and this has long been recognized.  For example,
> please see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.

Hmm, it's less than clear that the "classical" boundary between Europe and
Asia was the same as today's. Wasn't anything east of Greece "Asia" ? And I
know that "Africa" excluded Morocco, for example.

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